Kinetics of the liquid-phase catalytic hydrogenation of chlorine-containing aromatic nitro compounds in the presence of pyridine

We have analyzed experimental kinetic data for nitro compound consumption, for the formation of the corresponding amino product, and for the accumulation of intermediate products and by-products in the hydrogenation of chlorine-containing aromatic nitro compounds. The reaction has been carried out under static conditions over a platinum catalyst on a porous support in the presence of pyridine. The effect of the admixture on different hydrogenation steps of a chlorine-containing aromatic nitro compound has been quantitatively interpreted.